What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot and only occupant of N34BJ, departed the northern aroostook rgnl airport, frenchville, Maine after conducting an aeobatic demonstration in his christen eagle bi-plane, on the afternoon of August 10, 2014. At approximately 1730 hrs while in cruise flight at 4500 feet over sebago lake, the aircraft engine started to lose power and the pilot could not maintain altitude, the pilot elected to make an emergency landing onto route 35 in Standish Maine about 1.2 miles from the juction of route 35 and 114, as the aircraft descended torwards the roadway the aircraft collided with large tree branches from an oak tree, the branches formed a canopy over route 35, the aircraft severed a steel cable that extended across the roadway from one power pole to anther across the roadway, the aircraft also severed what appeared to be a phone cable, the aircaft then impacted the roadway with sufficient force to collapse the main landing gear up to the fuselage, the aircraft then slid along the roadway for a short distance then went off the right side into a ditch, there was no fire and the aircraft remained upright.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF N34BJ, DEPARTED THE NORTHERN AROOSTOOK RGNL AIRPORT, FRENCHVILLE, MAINE AFTER CONDUCTING AN AEOBATIC DEMONSTRATION IN HIS CHRISTEN EAGLE BI-PLANE, ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 10, 2014. AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HRS WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4500 FEET OVER SEBAGO LAKE, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO ROUTE 35 IN STANDISH MAINE ABOUT 1.2 MILES FROM THE JUCTION OF ROUTE 35 AND 114, AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TORWARDS THE ROADWAY THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH LARGE TREE BRANCHES FROM AN OAK TREE, THE BRANCHES FORMED A CANOPY OVER ROUTE 35, THE AIRCRAFT SEVERED A STEEL CABLE THAT EXTENDED ACROSS THE ROADWAY FROM ONE POWER POLE TO ANTHER ACROSS THE ROADWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ALSO SEVERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PHONE CABLE, THE AIRCAFT THEN IMPACTED THE ROADWAY WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO COLLAPSE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR UP TO THE FUSELAGE, THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID ALONG THE ROADWAY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THEN WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE INTO A DITCH, THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT.
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